Du Quoin unit forms charter board election details
Petitions for a seven member Community Unit School District 300 board are available in Pinckneyville. Filing runs July 2 to July 9 with a statement of candidacy. Ballot order follows petition return. August 1 election at Du Quoin Township High School from noon to 7 pm. Four seats from Township 6 1 due to 75 percent district population in that area. remaining three seats elsewhere. No residence restriction between incorporated and unincorporated areas. District 300 includes parts of Du Quoin and Sunfield areas, and most of the former Shakerag area.
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Community Unit
du Quoin
Perry County
Philip A. Provart
Pinckneyville
Provart
du Quoin Township High School
Township 6-1
Community Unit School
du Quoin Township
Community Consolidated District
Sunfield
District 207
Shakerag
Vast heroin seizure made in New York
Federal agents seized 112 kilograms of pure heroin worth 22.4 million dollars in a hidden compartment of a foreign car shipped to New York City from France. A 63 year old naturalized citizen was arrested in New York. four Frenchmen were captured in Paris in connection with the case. They face conspiracy charges under U.S. or French narcotic laws.
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Washington
New York City
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Clark
France
U.S
Paris
Edith Lewis Sesser dies at 68 in Franklin Hospital
Edith Lewis 68 of east of Sesser died at 1 10 a m Wednesday in Franklin Hospital Benton She was a member of Horse Prairie Baptist Church born January 8 1900 in Franklin County daughter of Elmer and Clara Clayton married John Lewis in 1918 Surviving are five daughters Erma Simmons Hobart Ind Eva Lewis Evansville Ind Maxine Conner Mulkeytown Margaret Purdie Elkhart Ind Leota Guthrie St Louis Mo a son Eddie Lewis Lesser a sister Mrs Archie Lewis Lesser 16 grandchildren four great grandchildren Funeral 2 p m Friday at Horse Prairie Baptist Church burial in church cemetery friends may call Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser
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Edith Lewis
Sesser
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Horse Prairie
Erma Dean Simmons
Hobart
Ind
Eva Lewis
Evansville
Maxine Conner
Mulkeytown
Margaret Purdie
Elkhart
Leota Guthrie
St. Louis
Eddie Lewis
Lesser
Archie Lewis
the Horse Prairie Baptist
Nannie Bradshaw of Carbondale Dies at 50
Nannie Pearl Bradshaw 50 of 409 E Birch St Carbondale died at 3 pm Tuesday at Holden Hospital Carbondale She was born June 26 1917 in Denver Tenn and was a member of New Zion Baptist Church Carbondale Survived by her mother Mrs Emma Wilson of Mounds a daughter Mrs Barbara Coleman of Carbondale six grandchildren Funeral 130 pm Friday at New Zion Baptist Church Rev W H Clark officiating Burial Oakland Cemetery Friends may call Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale 7 to 9 pm today Ronald Rains of Carterville cited $17 speeding.
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Nannie Pearl Bradshaw
E. Birch St
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Denver
Tenn
New Zion Baptist Church
Emma Wilson
Mounds
Barbara Coleman
Oakland Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
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New York
Davies
North
Washington Carbondale
Reelfoot
Bologna
Braunschweiger
CAPRI
A. G
Rend Lake
Wieners
Rexall
HEWIT
Edith Lewisss
Church
Wayne Thomas
Brayfield Funeral Home
Nannie Bradshaw
Arbondale
W. H. Clark
Carterville
Ronald Rains
Golde’s
Riverside
HST
Blackwall Reg
Blackwall
F.E.T
Emacs
Murphysboro
Tire Shop
NO. 13Th ST. Sale
Federal
Assenger Tireay
Hazard Guar
Retuer
Ving
LMT
Association, Inc
Hi-Way
Murphysboro Auto Service
North 13Th Street
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